Quite a challenge...

I've heard a lot of talk about term limits for members of Congress. But how would that be accomplished? I had to admit to myself that I did not know how or if something desired by the citizenry of the United States but lacking in law could be put to the vote of the people. A national initiative process does not exist. We would need an amendment to the Constitution. Article V of the U.S. Constitution outlines how that is done. I found out that:

Congress could take on the legislation. Once passed the House and the Senate, the President could sign it into law.

OR

The legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states can call a national convention.

The amendment would then need to be ratified by either the legislatures or ratifying conventions of three-fourths of the states to become part of the Constitution. And that would be determined by Congress.

Yes , the legislatures of THREE FOURTHS of the states or THREE FOURTHS of state ratifying conventions. The method to be determined by members of Congress.

The problem that I see is that in order to limit the number of terms a member of Congress may be elected to, we have to rely on members of Congress to write a bill limiting their access to serve in Congress and all the perks that come with it. Can we really expect that to happen? Can we rely on the altruistic nature (if it exists) of members of Congress?

I know that there are those that are engaged in trying to make this (term limits) happen. And I salute them for their devotion to this quixotic challenge. Saluting as easy. But do I have the resolve to join their ranks? That's quite a challenge.